Where does “nonna” come from?

nonna (Italian) comes from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nonna (Italian): grandmother, granny

Definitions

  1. grandmother, granny

Ancestry of “nonna”, step by step

nonna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnonnanun
2Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
3Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

via Late Latin nonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinnonnanun, tutor

Words derived from “nonna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →